3. Working with Documents

In this chapter, you explore all aspects of document management.

InDesign documents can contain multiple pages and sections, and can even include different page sizes. To manage documents more efficiently, you must learn how to use document presets, master pages, and the various controls in the Pages panel.

Creating New Documents

Your first step when starting a new layout project in InDesign is to create a new document. To get started, choose File, New, Document, or press Cmd-N (Mac) or Ctrl+N (Win). When the New Document dialog box opens, enter your preferred page settings and click OK.

Figure 3.1. The New Document dialog box.

The first option you can set is the Document Preset. Here you can choose from document ...

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